ANDE-MAA

ANDE-MAA

Country:	United States United States
Operator:	US Naval Academy
COSPAR-ID :	2006-055F
Mission dates
Dimensions:	75 kg
Size:	44.8 cm in diameter
Begin:	December 21, 2006
Launcher:	Space Shuttle Discovery
Status:	burned up on December 25, 2007
Orbit data
Rotation time :	89.3 min
Orbit inclination :	51.6 °
Apogee height :	254 km
Perigee height :	228 km

ANDE-MAA ( Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment - Mock ANDE Active , also Navy-OSCAR 61 ) was an American research and amateur radio satellite that was developed and built for training purposes at the United States Naval Academy .

construction

Release of ANDE-MAA and ANDE-FCal

The ANDE-MAA weighed 52 kg and had a spherical structure 48 cm in diameter. It was used to calibrate radar systems . For amateur radio connections there was also an APRS - digipeater for the 70-centimeter band on board.

Mission history

The satellite was released into low earth orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery on December 21, 2006 together with the ANDE-FCal satellite developed at the same location during the STS-116 mission .

On December 25, 2007 the re-entry into the earth's atmosphere took place.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ANDE-MAA in NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on 22 July 2014 (English).
↑ Information furnished in conformity with the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, September 17, 2007, archived from the original on October 20, 2013 ; accessed on July 22, 2014 (English).

[nssdc-1] ANDE-MAA in NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed on 22 July 2014 (English).

[bahn-2] Information furnished in conformity with the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, September 17, 2007, archived from the original on October 20, 2013 ; accessed on July 22, 2014 (English).